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WinRAR Directory Traversal & NTFS ADS Vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-6218 & CVE-2025-8088)

Executive Summary Two high-severity vulnerabilities in WinRAR for Windows — CVE-2025-6218 and CVE-2025-8088 — allow attackers to write files outside the intended extraction directory. CVE-2025-6218 involves traditional path traversal, while CVE-2025-8088 extends the attack using NTFS Alternate Data Streams (ADS). Both flaws can be exploited by delivering a malicious archive to a user and relying […]

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